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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-09
WHAT AN EYE WITNESS SAYS.
Graphic Account of the Nice Earthquake
Given by an American.

Graphic Account of the Nice Earthquake
Given by an American.
NEW YORK, March 6.-The Gasligue OF
Compagne Generate Trans-Atlantique
reached her pier on North river last night
about O'Clock, having on board the first
persons to reach this country WHO had
witnessed the terrible earthquake %eh the
Riviera. They were Charles } Burke and
NJ. Tone, of Il rochester, n. Y. These gen,
tlemen have been travelling in Europe and
were ID Nice on Ash Wednesday morning
when the southern coast of Europe was
shaken up. "The tgrest carnival
of Nice had just ended" said
Mr.. Tone, land the last day had
been one round Of continuous
hilarity. There were hundreds of men
and women in the gay pageant OF the bat
lie of flowers, and in the evening haq
attended the carnival ball at which there
were thousands Vi persons present. We
were stopping at the hotel, ard II waS
rather early when we got home. l Was
too excited with the days gaiety to
sleep and was lying d0wn reading book.
1t ives a0OU1 g O'Clock when the earth
quake began, and CGn never learn to eN-
press my feelings. 1t was the strangest
thing | ever knew, although l had
been through one before IN California.
| knew it was an earthquake at once,
and jumped up and made for the door
to 20 to Burke's room, which was Just
across the hall from mine, but somehow
the furniture of the room went flying
about as though placed loosely in the
cabin of q steamer during heavy gale,
and for while was rushing about the
room trying to catch my bed. Finally
got out in the hall and went across to my
friends room, but the door was locked
and called to him to come out. Just
then Young lady rushed up to
me with but single garment on,
having in her hand large bird Gag,
carefully covered with a shawl. 'Oh, sir,
what shall dog she said to me, and |
suggested that she should go and put
some clothes on, but she did not, for just
then sudden shock came. She made 8
rush for the street and | followed her.
The halls were filed with women, men
and children, many OF whom did not wait
to put on extra clothing but ran for the
public squares to be out OF the way OF
any falling buildings. 1t was the most
terrible, most fesr-instilllng sight l
ever witnessed. Although the men
trleQieVen IN LnelE lHleuse eAEi'eiheh' "
show some respect to the women and
children, it was q time when everybody
looked out for himself, for it was eS-
pected every moment that the houses
would fall down. l shall never forget 1t,
and don't care if never see il again.
Following as it did the merry carnival, it
had the strangest effect on the merry
makers of yesterday. All of the tests
and caroussls were forgotten, and ell, or
nearly all, tried to pray"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-09
Mr.. Farmer at McKfnney.

correspondence OF the Gazette.
MCKINNEY, TEX, March w. E.
Farmer presented the claims of the
Knights of Labor to fair sized audience
at the courth ouse tins afternoon. Mr..
Farmer strongly defended the boycott as
used by the Knights, and said it was no
worse than that practiced by railroad cor
porations, especially in the black list
book, which he was mainly instrumental
in obtaining from an attorney for use be-
fore the Curtin committee. He referred
to the strike in Fort Worth last year,
and defended the Knights for their
action therein for he was present ASA
spectator. As to the Knights being cap
able of being used as politicslssecret
organization, Mr.. Farmer first entered a
derial, aud pleaded specially that even If
this were so the corrupt methods Of the
courthouse rings demanded redress, and
had to be met by SIMILAR methods. AS for
q commission of arbitration between cor
poration and employe, it wss all bosh.
II was idle to think of
commission controlling corporations
which controlled the governments. There
was remedy ard only one, and that was
for the people to own the corporations.
That taxing out of existence was q matter
by no means of first impression. The
speaker was interrupted ct this point by
the opening of county court, which con-
vened this morning. i.
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THE BLANlON MURDER.
A Resumption of tho Austin Servant Girl
and Woman Murders.
Special to the Gazette.


and Woman Murders.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Ten, March S.-Eyideuces
begin to strengthen the belief among the
citizens that the murder of Mrs. Blanton
belongs to and is resumption of the
dreadful servant girl and woman murders
which, at intervals throughout the year
1885, startled the people of Austin.
Where or no. the mysterious murder
flend has lain dormant since the murder
of Ms. Hancock end Mrs. EuIa Phillips,
Christmas Eve, 1885, is dark and pro-
found mystery. 1t is noted that Mrs.
sBianton was cut on the side Of the head
with some sharp instrument, and also was
struck on the head with some blunt in
strument, IN the same way as the other
victims. With thu exception of the pis-
toll shots heard by the little girl who
came on the veranda at the time, the
same mysterious silence reigned during
the commission of the crime. The little
girl saw q face through the open door and
her sister threw up her hands, but there
was 10 cry. again the murderer left no
clue whatever to trace him, and he seems
10 have escaped in the same mysterious
silent manner as did the assassins of
Mollie Smith, Eliza Shelly, Mary Ramey,
Oracle Vance and Mrs. Hancock. The
body was also mysteriously moved after
it was first seen by the little girl. 1t is
believed the tiend would have dragged the
BODY out Just as those of the dead servant
girls were, but the presence Of the little
girl prevented him. The muir ierer in all
these cases is believed to have been the
short, heavy, thick set negro, who killed
Irene Cross and was seen by her, of
whom she gave q description the next
day before her death.
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Notes from Blum

Correspondence oil the Gazette. =
BLUM, Tn, March Our comufa-
nifty has been visited by few very re-
freshing showers in the last day or two,
and while there has not been sufficient
season, it has revived wheat, will bring
oats up, and has created new life in every
thing. Grass on the prairie is better than
it has been for years st this season, and
an early spring is generally pred cted.
The people throughout this portion Of
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Hill county are solid against the new
county of Ross, and many fears OF its sue
cess are entertained.
There will be an election in this justice
precinct on the 10th inst. on prohibition.
1t is impossible at present to conjecture
what will be the result.
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Merris' CasearinS Is positive cure5or
dyspepsia, Pleasant to take, milo, FAC
tieh and unfailing in earesN ,ss

Travel between North Texas and New
Orleans and Galveston is increasingdail
and the Houston and Texas Centrs1sRsl
way meets the requirements of the trasef--
ing public with on additional train to NeH
o leans, making double daily between
North Texas and Galveston and New Or
leans. By this'rew arrangement passen-
serSfrom Fort Worth can secure sleeper
berths at ticket office, and leave Fort
Worth $50 p. M, arrive in Galveston $50
q. m. and New Orleans sos p. m.
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A NEW YORK PANIC Al.
A Blockade on the Elevated Railway the
Cause of Great Loss of Life. 4

CAUSE of Great Loss of Life. :
NEW DIRK, March S.-A fire occur5s 81
O'Clock this morning in the store OF
Nicoll, the tailor, in the Bowery. Trains
on the elevated railway were blocked by
the flames. a blockade occurred all the
way down to South Ferry on the down
track up to Seventeenth street. A num-
Der of passengers lett one of the trains q:
Seventeenth street, and started to walk
along the narrow foot path at the side OF
the track to the station at Fourteenth
street. While doing so the blockade was
lfeiieved and the trains began to start.
Their motion shook the pathway to such
an extent that q number of the passengers
were thrown down to the street below.
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In Northern Tarrant County.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
GRAPEVINE, Ten, March The wheat
and oat crops are in good condition, most
ell the corn is planted and this part of The
country is prosperous.
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Whaw'iil yos ssffessWlth those terrible
BILLIONS HEADACHES wben, Morris, Gsresrine
never fails to drlYsthe nassWxyt
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March 81 is thef fast day of our fire
sale. WASHER & AUGUST.
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Excursion to California and D1e1ic,

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Oar fine stock seaathing, hats and
furnishing goodgSSust positively be sold
by April l. - WASHER & AUGUST.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-09

AS spring APPROACHES now is the ting
to purge away sursaqs bile, cleanse tic
bleDd and stemsch and renosa@ ths5Aa-
tf@ system, which Ns CURES Curdutango
INSURE toeFect. y ~
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ANY one having all the numbers of the

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DR.. CARTS iseia Tyler t4s yessand
Twenty-Five thousand dollars worth of
fine clothing, hatsSand furnishing goAds
still remains to be sold in twenty-three'
days atless than hslferice.
& WASHER & AUGUST.
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NeWsyork Early Rose

Potatoes. finest Seed stock ever in Fort
Worth, as they cane sdirec.ly from New
York state. -
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Gsnufpe New York

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Original Aoetrp.
NOVEMBER.
Written for the Democratic Advocate


The lowering leaden sky betokens rain;
The atmosphere is fIaught with damp and chill;
The naked trees are quivering, as in pain.
And murmurings rise from every wooded HILL
A few dead leaves that spite of wind and frost,
Have kept their places on the parent bough,
Come shivering, rafting down, and soon are lost,
Or buried in the damp, halffrozen slough.
No busy hum of insect greets the ear,
Nor crickets chirp, nor joyous song OF bird;
In wood and field the grass is brown and sore,
Gone from the hillside is the lowing herd.
The earth, that lroze last night, is moist to-day,
And laps the dead leaves to its humid breast;
No vital thread runs through the lifeless clay
ofNature, waiting for her winters rest.
Though to right the leaves and flowers lie dead
Their fragrance to the wild winds long since tossed
Though summer insects with their joyous hum, are
fed,
Perchance no life among them may be lost
In fairy land that all around us lies,
But to our grosser sense invisible
Where perfume from thousand censers rise.
The life-the spirits of the flowers dwell
Unseen, intangible to mortal sense,
Yet ministering to visions purified;
sweeter fragrance-beng more intense
The flower that liveth than the flower that dieth.
No life so small, so insignificant
That had its birth-and lived its hour-and died,
But still retains in spaee-howeyer scant-
A form more exquisite and glorifed.
Lifei life not death, above us and around,
Though autumn rains fall heavily and long
Though summer leaves and howeretts strew the
ground,
And summer birds and bees have ceased their song.
What though November skies hang low o'erhead,
And underneath the earth is cold and dun;
Though withered stalks with grace and beauty fed
Stand gaunt and IeaHess, meath tn autumnal sun.
We know that, wrapped in every frozen clod,
A thousand germs ollie and beauty lie
Seeds which shall burst their bonds. and deck the
sod,
When Sol in summer glory mounts The sky.
The ungainly stalk that rocks before the breeze,
The leafess vine with tendrils all laid low;
The rugged bark incasing twigs and trees,
Hide many a blossom bright in embryo.
And still these Aowers-prophetic types, perchance
Offairer sweeter blossoms yet to be-
And still this life, with deep significance
Offs infinite possibility.
And so, though autumn rains drench field and wood
And sobbing winds sigh long and bitterly,
Fair Hope will soar and sing of final good,
And faith will trust the future yet to be.
Neir Oxford Pa.
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Ibosc who doubted him and delirht those who

those who doubted him and delight those who
trusted him.
Ne,o York Star (Dem.): The day closed
last evening with decisive victory for the
Democratic rarty. This is not the time to
consider the consequences Of this memorable
event. They are far-reaching, and will be
felt throughout the country. The stress of
the battle was in this city, and was concen-
trated upon one man, around whom it ragged
with ferceness and fury never seen before.
Col. Fellows had become the standard bearer
of the party and the representative of its
principles. He was in consequence subjected
to an attack of unexampled malignity. The
ISLANDERS of his enemies have been answered
by the ballots of more than a hundred thou
sand of his fellow citizens, who in manfashion
have expressed their confidence in his char
acter and honor. We are now able to say
with absolute certainty what the result in the
State has been. There seems, however, TO
be no doubt that the Democratic success has
been widespread and complete. Yesterday S
work clears the way for the greater task that
liesbefore us. 1t is but the prologue to the
great drama which is to fill the people S
thoughts and inspire their purposes until No
yember, 1888.
Ne,c York San (DeRl.): The Democrats
carried New York Tuesday by fine majority.
The treacherous combine of Pulitzer with
Plat was beaten. The Republicans lost
heavily to the Prohibitionists, who had made
gains, especially in the western part of the
State The George vote in the country dis
tricts was light, and it was much lighter than
was expected in this city and Brooklyn. The
progressive Labor vote was small. In this
county and Kings the straight Democratic
ticket was elected. Judas Pulitzer's patron
age of De Lancey Nicoll for District Attorney
has buried that deluded youth under plural
ity of more than $4,000 votes. Many Repub-
licans voted for Col. Fellows to show their
horror of the scoundrelly attacks made upon
his character.
In Ohio, Foraker's majority has been in
creased. Boss Malone was beaten decisiYely
by Virginia Democrats, and Senator Riddle
bergeris successor will be Democrat. The
Maryland straight Democrats have given the
Republicans, Mugwumps and Democratic
kickers another lusty drubbing. Ames, Bar
rel Republican, has been re- elected Governor
of Massachusetts by a somewhat increased
majority.
SENATOR VOORHEES, JUBIIANT.
Senator Voorhees, was especially jubilant,
and almost as much so over Virginia as New
York He considers the result in New York
as thorough an Endorsement of Cleveland as
possible, as he says the administration was
made prominent issue in the campaign; that
Gov. Hill, in all his speeches, made it so.
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Jay G0uld,s Untruthful organ

From The Baltimore Herald, Rep.
If the New York World expects to main.
tain the confidence of its readers in Baltimore
it should peremptorily stop the printing Of
reckless falsehoods concerning its citizens.
If the World intends to be honest it should
know that it is being grossly imposed upon.
In its issue of Wednesday il refers to the
shameless repeating and intimidation OF
colored voters in Baltimore.'' This is an
open and shameless defamation, in the pub
LEGATION Of which we do not believe the World
would be an agent If it knew the facts. The
people Of Baltimore. Democrats and Repub-
licans. black and white. agree that Tuesday 8
election was free from fraud or intimidation.
Wesay this from the standpoint ofindependent
journalism. The Morning Herald will never
fail to denounce wrong doing whenever aud
wherever it occurs, nor to defend comuu-
munity when it is maligned.